(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Ministerialdirigent Dipl.Ing. Theodor Kampffmeyer
Born: 05 Aug 1887 in Berlin
Died: 09 Apr 1968 in Eberbach, Neckar
Promotions:
Vizesteuermann der Reserve (26 May 1910); Marinebauführer (01 Dec 1914); Leutnant zur See der Reserve (18 Sep 1915); Marineschiffbaumeister (27 Jun 1917); Charakter als Marinebaurat (15 Sep 1921); Marinebaurat (01 Jul 1925); Marineoberbaurat (10 Sep 1935); Ministerialrat (01 Jun 1939); Ministerialdirigent (01 Jan 1945)
Career:
Practical Training (01 Oct 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Military Service on Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Freya' (01 Apr 1909-31 Mar 1910)
With the Artillery-School Sonderburg (01 Apr 1910-26 May 1910)
Trainee with the Firm Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and Studying at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg then Danzig-Langfuhr (27 May 1910-14 Aug 1914)
Machine-Assistant on the Steamer 'Präsident Grant' of the Hamburg-America-Line (1913-1913)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser 'Moltke' (09 Jun 1913-23 Aug 1913)
In the Ship-Construction-Department, Imperial Shipyard Kiel (00 Aug 1914-21 May 1915)
Construction-Supervision for Submarine-Construction with Vulcan-Shipyard, Hamburg (22 May 1915-15 Sep 1915)
In the Ship-Construction-Department (Submarine-Construction), Imperial Shipyard Kiel (16 Sep 1915-14 Aug 1916)
In the Ship-Construction-Department (Submarine-Construction), Imperial Shipyard Danzig (15 Aug 1916-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Sep 1919)
With the Free-State Danzig Shipyard as a Ship-Construction-Director as well as with the Railway-Workshop in Danzig (31 Oct 1919-30 Jun 1925)
Reactivated to Naval Service as a Construction-Advisor and Operations-Director then Department-Executive with the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Jul 1925-14 Apr 1937)
In the General Naval Office, OKM (15 Apr 1937-29 Oct 1939)
Chief of the Department of Final Drafts for the Construction and Maintenance of Large Warships and Auxiliary Warships inclusively Special Mechanisms (K I G) in the Office-Group for Ship-Construction, Head-Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (30 Oct 1939-18 Aug 1943)
Chief of the Department of New Constructions (KS), Head-Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (18 Aug 1943-30 Nov 1944)
Chief of the Department of General Areas, Tests and Development of Ship-Construction (K I A) in the Office-Group K I, Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (30 Nov 1944-09 May 1945)
With the Information Office for Naval Construction, Kiel-Eckernförde (10 May 1945-02 Jul 1946)
With the Information Office for Naval Construction, Wilhelmshaven (03 Jul 1946-26 Jun 1947)

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